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From: jpr@dasys1.uucp (Jean-Pierre Radley)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Question on printf()
Message-ID: <1990Jun15.042610.18292@dasys1.uucp>
Date: 15 Jun 90 04:26:10 GMT
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Reply-To: jpr@dasys1.UUCP (Jean-Pierre Radley)
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In article <1990Jun8.030206.4532@virtech.uucp> cpcahil@virtech.UUCP (Conor P. Cahill) writes:
> [as one of the ways to geta printf() call to show up right away]

>3. add a setbuf(stdout,(char *) 0) at the begining of your program.  This 
>turns off all output buffering and can have a detrimental effect on the
>overall performance of your software.  

Why is that?
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Jean-Pierre Radley						   jpr@jpradley
New York, NY					      72160.1341@compuserve.com